Diabetes, Vol 37, Issue 1 133-136, Copyright © 1988 by American Diabetes Association

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Destruction of rat islet cell monolayers by cytokines. Synergistic interactions of interferon-gamma, tumor necrosis factor, lymphotoxin, and interleukin 1

C Pukel, H Baquerizo and A Rabinovitch
Department of Medicine, University of Miami School of Medicine, Florida.

An assay was developed to detect the cytotoxic effects of cytokines on rat pancreatic islet cells in monolayer culture. Cell lysis was detected by a 51Cr-release assay after 4 days of incubation with various cytokines. When tested alone, murine (rat and mouse) interferon-gamma (mIFN-gamma) produced a small dose-dependent lysis of islet cells; human IFN-gamma, mouse IFN-alpha/beta, interleukins 1 and 2 (IL-1 and IL-2), tumor necrosis factor (TNF), and lymphotoxin (LT) were inactive. When added together, the following combinations of cytokines showed synergistic cytotoxic effects: TNF (or LT) plus IL-1, TNF (or LT) plus mIFN-gamma, and IL-1 plus mIFN-gamma. These results indicate that the cytokine products of mononuclear cells of the immune system, IFN-gamma, TNF, LT, and IL-1 have strong synergistic cytotoxic effects on islet cells and therefore may act as direct chemical mediators of islet beta-cell destruction in type I (insulin-dependent) diabetes.
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